The RBI said in a notification that there is no currency shortage and clarified that there is sufficient cash in the central bank's vaults and currency chests. RBI also said that printing of the notes has been ramped up in all four note presses.

To make matters worse, the government doesn’t have much space to increase spending, given firm crude oil prices and a negative output gap, both of which could hit economic growth and be a drag on revenues.

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